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Hello! The latest episode of the podcast is now available. Last year I did a "what I've been reading episode" and the feedback was in favor of a repeat, so here we go. In this episode, I recount the ten best books I have read this year, from poetry to history and liturgy. Enjoy!

Books Covered:

1. John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther (1687), Poetry

 

2. Byung Chul-Han, The Disappearance of Rituals: a Topology of the Present
(2019), Philosophy

 

3. Julian Jackson, A Certain Idea of France: the Life of Charles de Gaulle
(2018), Biography

 

4. William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794), Poetry

 

5. Carlos Eire, War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus
to Calvin
(1986), History

 

6. Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a
Post-Post Christian World
(2022), Religion

 

7. Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm (2017), Novel

 

8. Mike Yomer, Please Tell Me (2023) Novel

           

9. James Simpson, Under the Hammer: Iconoclasm in the Anglo-American Tradition
(2010) Literature/Art

 

10. Michael Fiedrowicz, The Traditional Mass: History, Form and Theology of the Classical
Roman Rite
(2011/2021) Theology/Liturgy